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You will learn and grow the least in your areas of weakness.

Marcus Buckingham

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Marcus Buckingham
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: January 11
Author
Motivational Speaker
Writer
Radlett
Hertfordshire
Marcus Wilfrid Buckingham
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Inspiring
Weakness
Areas
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There is no shortage of mechanisms by which to measure almost anything.
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Getting after this terrible, avoidable waste of human potentiality is what gets me out of bed every morning.
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Define excellence vividly, quantitatively. Paint a picture for your most talented employees of what excellence looks like. Keep everyone pushing and pushing toward the right-hand edge of the bell curve.
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Many of us feel stress and get overwhelmed not because we're taking on too much, but because we're taking on too little of what really strengthens us.
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If you want execution, hail only success. If you want creativity, hail risk, and remain neutral about success.
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A strength is what you do that makes you feel strengthened.
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We live with them every day, and they come so easily to us that they cease to be precious.
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As a general rule, people tend to do best what they enjoy doing most.
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The secret to living a strong life is right in front of you, calling to you every day. It can be found in your emotional reaction to specific moments in your life.
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